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“Completing the design review
and releasing the aircraft to the
manufacturing process is a significant
milestone,” says Eric Trappier, Dassault’s
chairman and CEO. “It demonstrates
our confidence in the airframe and
engine design.”
Touted as the largest cross section
of any purpose-built business jet, the
cabin measures 8 feet 6 inches wide and
40 feet 4 inches long, with 155 cubic
feet of baggage space. The 6X will seat
16 passengers in three lounge areas,
allowing for all kinds of configurations,
such as a large entryway, crew rest area
and a spacious rear lounge.
The aircraft will reach a maximum
speed of Mach 0.90 and have a range of
5,500 nautical miles. It can fly directly
from Los Angeles to Geneva, Beijing to
San Francisco or Moscow to Singapore at
its long-range cruise speed of Mach 0.8.
At Mach 0.85, the 6X has a range of 5,100
nautical miles, connecting New York toThe Falcon 6X
provides room
for passengers to
spread out.Moscow, Paris to Beijing or Los Angeles
to London. And it will all be powered by
two Pratt & Whitney Canada Pure Power
PW812D engines, each with 13,000 to
14,000 pounds of thrust.
The longer range and smoother
flight are the result of an ultra-efficient
wing—which minimizes the impact
of turbulence—and a next-generation
digital flight-control system that
regulates all moving surfaces, including
a new control surface called a flaperon.
The latter boosts control during
approach—especially on steep descents.
The cockpit will feature a third-
generation EASy III all-digital flight
deck as well as Dassault’s FalconEye
Combined Vision System—a head-up dis-
play with enhanced and synthetic vision
capabilities—and the FalconSphere II
electronic-flight-bag software suite.
With the 6X, it seems the previous
Falcon’s failure to launch will be all
but forgotten. D.C.ROBBREPORT.COM 79
“Completing the design review
and releasing the aircraft to the
manufacturing process is a significant
milestone,” says Eric Trappier, Dassault’s
chairman and CEO. “It demonstrates
our confidence in the airframe and
engine design.”
Touted as the largest cross section
of any purpose-built business jet, the
cabin measures 8 feet 6 inches wide and
40 feet 4 inches long, with 155 cubic
feet of baggage space. The 6X will seat
16 passengers in three lounge areas,
allowing for all kinds of configurations,
such as a large entryway, crew rest area
and a spacious rear lounge.
The aircraft will reach a maximum
speed of Mach 0.90 and have a range of
5,500 nautical miles. It can fly directly
from Los Angeles to Geneva, Beijing to
San Francisco or Moscow to Singapore at
its long-range cruise speed of Mach 0.8.
At Mach 0.85, the 6X has a range of 5,100
nautical miles, connecting New York to
The Falcon 6X
provides room
for passengers to
spread out.Moscow, Paris to Beijing or Los Angeles
to London. And it will all be powered by
two Pratt & Whitney Canada Pure Power
PW812D engines, each with 13,000 to
14,000 pounds of thrust.
The longer range and smoother
flight are the result of an ultra-efficient
wing—which minimizes the impact
of turbulence—and a next-generation
digital flight-control system that
regulates all moving surfaces, including
a new control surface called a flaperon.
The latter boosts control during
approach—especially on steep descents.
The cockpit will feature a third-
generation EASy III all-digital flight
deck as well as Dassault’s FalconEye
Combined Vision System—a head-up dis-
play with enhanced and synthetic vision
capabilities—and the FalconSphere II
electronic-flight-bag software suite.
With the 6X, it seems the previous
Falcon’s failure to launch will be all
but forgotten. D.C.